Purpose: The clinical target volume (CTV) of post-operative radiotherapy for soft tissue sarcoma of the limbs
conventionally includes the whole of the transverse cross-section of the affected anatomical compartment. In the anterior
thigh sartorius appears to lie within its own fascial compartment and can be safely excluded. We investigated the potential
impact of omitting sartorius from the anterior muscle compartment on patients with soft tissue sarcoma of the thigh